CURRICULUM VITAE
b. 1984, UK
www.joannamanousis.com / info@joannamanousis.com / IG @joharafifi
EDUCATION
08 - 10 MFA Sculpture / Dimensional Studies, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
04 - 07 BFA (hons) Glass, Wolverhampton University, Wolverhampton, UK
03 - 04 Btec National Foundation Diploma Art / Design, Yale College, Wrexham, Wales
SOLO / TWO - PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Coupled, Joanna Manousis + Zac Weinberg, The Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, The Ohio State University, Marion, OH
2017 Nature / Morte, River House Arts, Toledo, OH
2016 The Garden of Earthly Delights, Joanna Manousis + Zac Weinberg, Ease Gallery, Columbus, OH
2014 The Dominant Sophia, Urban Glass Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
12-13 Presence in the Past, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Fertile Ground, Exhibit A, Corning, NY, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Reliant Objects, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2019 European Glass Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
PAD London, Berkley Square House, London, England
PAD Genève, Route François-Peyrot 30, Geneva, Switzerland
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2018-20 E-volve, Bellevue Art Museum, WA / The Chrysler Museum, VA, Bullseye Projects, OR
2018 Design Miami / Basel, Meredith Ave & 19thSt, Miami, FL
Momentum: Hot Glass, Sponsored by Libby Foundation, Toledo, OH
Art Basel, Exhibition and Trade Center, Basel, Switzerland
Art Wynwood, Miami, One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL
2017 The British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, UK
Young Glass, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, Denmark
Fog Design + Art, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Salon: Art + Design, New York, NY
SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago, IN
Collective Design, Skylight Clarkson Square, New York, NY
Lifeforms 2016, Hodge Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA / Houghton Gallery, Corning, NY
Fog Design + Art, Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, San Francisco, CA
2015 The Salon: Art + Design, New York, NY
Sofa Chicago, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago, IN
Best of 2015: Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
The Collective Design Fair, New York, NY
2014 The Salon: Art + Design, New York, NY
Sofa Chicago, Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, Chicago, IL
Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, European Museum of Modern Glass Rödental, Germany
2nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Glass, Minnetrista Cultural Arts Center, Muncie, IN
2013 Gathering: Contemporary Glass from the Heartland, Kokomo, IN
Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass, [Art Prize], Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
Young Sculptors Competition, Miami University, Miami, OH
Best of 2013: Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus
Collective Design Fair, Manhattan, NY
New Visions, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Urban Glass MFA Show, Brooklyn, NY
11 - 12 Breath Taking, Crafts Council, London, UK
2011 Art in Craft Media, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Southern Tier Biennial, Olean, NY
Contemporary Glass, Exhibit A, Corning, NY
2010 E-Merge, Bullseye Glass Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
Domesticity: How We Live, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, PA, USA
Home, Glass Museum at Broadfield House, Stourbridge, UK
2009 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, (Permanent collection) Ebeltoft, Denmark
The Feast, Pittsburgh University Gallery, Kansas, USA
2008 Origin, Somerset House, London, UK
Beautifully Crafted, 10th Year Anniversary, The National Glass Museum, UK
Glass Routes, Bilston Craft Gallery, UK
The British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, UK
The Bombay Sapphire Awards, Via Tortona, Milan, Italy
2007 New Designers, Business Design Center, London, UK
Pearson’s Glass Awards, Cardiff, Wales
AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 The Queen Elizabeth Grant, London, UK
2018 The Merit Award, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
Accelerator Grant, The Toledo Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
2017 The Louis Comfort Tiffany Award Nomination, New York, NY
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award, London, UK
2016 GCAC Professional Development Grant, Columbus, OH
GCAC Supply Grant, Columbus, OH
2015 The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Award, London, UK
GCAC Professional Development Grant, Columbus, OH
2015 GCAC Supply Grant, Columbus, OH
Pilchuck Glass School, Study Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
2014 Inaugural Borowsky Award Nomination, Philadelphia, PA
GCAC Professional Development Grant, GCAC, Columbus, OH
Pilchuck Glass School, Study Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
2013 GCAC Supply Grant, GCAC, Columbus, OH
Best in Show, Indiana Glass Alliance, Kokomo University, IN
Emerging Artist Award, ‘Best of Ohio 2013’, Ohio Craft Museum, OH
Corning Museum of Glass, Study Scholarship, Corning, NY
Inaugural Borowsky Award Nomination, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Northlands Creative Glass Center, Study Scholarship, Scotland, UK
2011 Margaret M. Mead Award, Burchfield-Penney Arts Center, Buffalo, NY
Corning Museum of Glass, Study Scholarship, Corning, NY
2010 Emerge, ‘Finalist’, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR, USA
2009 Hans Frabel Glass Awards, ‘Excellence and Innovation’, GA, USA
2008 Pilchuck Glass School, Study Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
Bombay Sapphire Glass Awards, ‘Nominee’, Milan, Italy
2007 Full Tuition MFA Fellowship, Alfred University, NY
Pearson’s Glass Award, ‘Emerging Artist’, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Pilchuck Glass School, Study Scholarship, Stanwood, PA
GAS, ‘International Student Award’, Pittsburgh, PA
2006 Corning Glass Award Nomination, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, Study Scholarship, Stanwood, WA
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Study Scholarship, Deer Isle, ME
RESIDENCIES
2017 The Toledo Museum of Art, ‘GAPP Resident’, Toledo, OH
2015 Wolverhampton University, ‘AA2A Artist in Residence’,England
2013-14 Ohio State University, ‘Visiting Scholar’, Columbus, OH
2013 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2012 Corning Glass Museum, ‘Artist in Residence’, Corning, NY
Neusole Glass Studios, ‘Artist in Residence’,Cincinnati, OH
Museum of Art and Design, ‘Studio Artist’, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2019 Traditional Home Magazine, September Edition, ‘Movers and Makers’, by Clara Haneberg
2018 Joanna Manousis (Catalogue of Works), Todd Merrill Studios, New York, NY
2017 Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process, by Townsend, Zettle-Sterling,
Schiffer Publishing, PA
2015 American Art Collector Magazine, August Edition, ‘Joanna Manousis: Reflected’, by Susie J Silbert,
Scottsdale, AZ
2014 Glass Quarterly Magazine, Winter Edition, ‘Review of The Dominant Sophia by Gerar Edizel’, Urban Glass,
Brooklyn, NY
Coburg Glass Preis 2014, Schnell + Steiner, Germany
Expressions in Glass, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2013 Glass Quarterly Magazine, Summer Edition
2012 American Craft Magazine, August Edition
New Glass Review 33, ‘Important Acquisitions’, Corning Glass Publication, NY
2011 Glassified, 25 Years of Contemporary Glass from Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
New Glass Review 32, Corning Glass Publication, NY
Breath Taking, Innovation in British Glass Blowing, Crafts Council, London, UK
Art in Craft Media, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2010 E-Merge 2010, Bullseye Glass, Portland, OR
2009 Glass Quarterly Magazine, Fall Edition
Glass Arts Society Newsletter, Frabel Award Winner, March Edition
Beads and Beyond, Featured Artist Profile, April Edition
The Lace Guild, ‘Feature Artist’, Issue 133, January Edition
2008 British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Center, England
2007 Glass Review 28, Corning Glass Publication, NY
2006 Glass Arts Society Newsletter, ‘Student Profile’, November Edition
TEACHING, LECTURES, DEMOS
Ohio State University, OH
Alfred University, NY
Pilchuck Glass School, WA
Art Glass Studios, Perth, Australia
Blue Dog Glass Studios, Melbourne, Australia
Bullseye Glass & Co., NY / CA / NM / OR
Penland Mountain School of Crafts, NC
The Corning Museum of Glass, NY
Anoka Ramsey Comm ity College, MN
Glass Arts Society Conference, CA
The Pittsburgh Glass Center, PA
Wolverhampton University, UK
University of the Arts, PA
Tyler School of Art, PA
Twyford C of E Secondary School, London, UK
University of Miami, FL
Toyama Glass Institute, Japan
Aichi University, Japan